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Ajo (Spanish). See Allium sativum. 

 Ajonjoli (Spanish). See Sesamum orientale. 

 Akdnkan dangkulo (Guam). See Slizolohium giganteum. 

 Akankan kaldtun (Guam). See^Stizolobium pruriens. 

 Akdnkan-tasi (Guam). See Canavali ohtusifoKum. 

 .^J.acran, flor del (Panama). See Heliotropium indicuin. 

 A laihai-tasi ( Guam ) . See Ipomoea pes-caprae. 

 Aialagr (Guam). See Argyreia tiliaefolia. 

 Altlag-tasi (Guam). See Ipomoea pes-caprae. 

 Aliiinbrillo (Spanish). 



Is ime in Guam for a cUmbing fern, Lygodium scandens. 

 Ala. igflang: (Philippines). See Canangium odoraium; also called " ilangilang. " 

 Alang'itnlfit (Philippines) . See Ehretia microphylla. 

 Alap'isotes (Philippines). See Chenopodium ambrosioides. 

 Alba)iaca (Spanish). See Ocimum basilicum and 0. canum. 

 Albabaca morada (Spanish). See Ocimum sanctum. 

 Alcapi rro (Spanish) . See Capparis mariana. 

 U'^exirii es moluccana. Candlenut tkeb. 



Fan ily Euphorbiaceae. 



Loa L NAMES. — Lumbang, Eaguar (Guam); Lumbang, Capili (Philippines); 

 Kukui ( Hawaii ) ; Lama(Samoa); Eaguar (Caroline Islands); Akhrot (Bengal). 



A banc: some tree with spreading branches, alternate, lobed, pubescent leaves of a 

 pale coloi', rounded or cordate at the base, with two glands at the top of the petiole. 

 Flowers small, white, in terminal lax cymes; fruit fleshy, coriaceous, globose, with 

 4 shallow furrows; seeds one or two, rugose, gibbous. 



The candlenut tree is widely spread over Polynesia, a great part of Malaysia, and 

 the Philippine Islands. It is remarkable that it has not established itself in Guam. 

 Only a few specimens grow on the island, which are called either by tlie Philippine 

 name "lumbang," or the Caroline Island name "raguar." The natives say the nuts 

 were brought here from the Caroline Islands. They have not come into use in Guam. 



Throughout Polynesia the nuts, strung on cocoanut-leaflet ribs, served the natives 

 for candles to light their houses. In Hawaii they are roasted, chopped up, mixed 

 with seaweed, and served at native feasts as a relish. They yield an oil which is 

 very fluid, of an amber color, without smell, insoluble in alcohol, readily saponifiable, 

 and quickly drying. This oil is a mild cathartic, acting in the same manner as 

 castor oil, but causing no nausea nor griping, and having the further advantage of a 

 nutty flavor and of being more prompt in its effects. (Journ. de Pharm. 3e ser., 

 vol. 24, p. 228. 18S3. ) 



EEFERE^'CBS: 



Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. Sp. PI. 4': 590. 1805. 

 Jatropha moluccana L. Sp. PI. 2:1006. 1753. 

 Aleurites triloba. Same as A. moluccana. 

 Alfalfa. See Medicago saliva. 

 I Algae. Seaweeds. 



Local names. — Lumut (Guam, Malay Archipelago) ; Lumot (Philippines) ; Limn 

 (Samoa, Hawaii); Eimu (Tahiti, Mangaia). 

 Among the edible seaweeds growing on the shores of Guam are the gelatinous 

 Gracilaria confervoides (L.)' J. Ag. and the peppery Caulerpa clavifera (Turn.) Ag. 

 The first, called in Guam by the Philippine name "gulamfo," is gathered by the 

 natives and bleached in the sun. It is used ^or making jellies and blancmange in the 

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